AN IRISH KILLARNEY ARBUTUS WOOD CHESS SET

FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

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AN IRISH KILLARNEY ARBUTUS WOOD CHESS SET
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
The royal pieces and bishops turned with baluster knopped stems, the knights as horses heads, the rooks as castellated tapering turrets, the pawns with knopped finials on baluster stems
The king -- 5¼ in. (3.3 cm.); 2 in. (5 cm.) high

出版

G. Williams, Master Pieces, Apple Press, 2000, pp. 54-55.

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The town of Killarney became associated with the manufacture of souvenir ware which flourished between 1845 to 1880. Bog-oak, holly, yew and sycamore were among the woods utilised, but the dark heartwood and light sap wood of arbutus unedo is more typically and uniquely associated with Killarney. This shrub, more commonly known as the strawberry tree, originated from the Mediterranean but flourished in the mild damp climate of this Irish region.